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Many Sindhis are Muslim, and to a lesser extent Hindu.Their given names are generally of Arabic, Persian, Turkic and Indian origin. The full name have first name, middle name (usually of the father name or a Religious personality) and last name (surname / caste), some also use titles at beginning of first names.
The following is a list of notable Sindhi people who have origins in the Sindh province. [ 1 ] This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
The Sindhi Sikhs generally became disillusioned with the Congress Party after 1984. [6] In 1988, the first issue of the Directory of Sindhi Sikhs of Ulhasnagar was published. [1] The directory records the names and surnames, alongside paternal names, of all the Sindhi Sikh members of the Guru Nanak Darbar of Ulhasnagar. [1]
Sindhis (/ ˈ s ɪ n d iː z /; سنڌي (Perso-Arabic), सिन्धी (); romanized: sindhī; pronounced) [18] are an Indo-Aryan [18] ethnolinguistic group, originating from and native to the Sindh region of Pakistan, who share a common Sindhi culture, history and language.
Most Sindhi tribes, clans and surnames are a modified form of a patronymic and typically end with the suffix - ani, Ja/Jo, or Potra/Pota, which is used to denote descent from a common male ancestor. One explanation states that the -ani suffix is a Sindhi variant of 'anshi', derived from the Sanskrit word 'ansh', which means 'descended from'. [9 ...
Channa or Channo (Sindhi: چنا) is a Sindhi tribe in the Sindh province of Pakistan. [1] A tribe of this name is referred to in some old Muslim texts, such as Chachnama. [2] Masum Shah asserts the Channa were the first tribe to accept Islam after the Muslim conquest of Sindh. [3]
The Sindhi Wikipedia (Sindhi: سنڌي وڪيپيڊيا) is a free encyclopedia, started 6 February 2006. It is the Sindhi language edition of Wikipedia, a free, open-content encyclopedia. It has 18,754 articles. [1] [2] Since 2014, the encyclopedia has experienced an overall increase in content. [3]
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